Joshua 6-8

Book: Joshua

Aug 29

Any little child knows that "Joshua fit the battle of Jericho." And it is true. But any little child also knows that they had to walk around the city, noiselessly for six days. And that on the seventh, their shouts brought the city down. While this author read a children's book which explained that the perfect frequency with which the nation shouted brought down the wall, any casual reader realizes that the people's obedience to the detail of God's instruction was necessary, but it was a miracle from God which collapsed the wall. And this is the message of Chapter 6; that God alone was the power by which Israel would conquer.